He also assisted his cousin, Charles of Anjou, becoming King of Sicily in 1266.Įnglish rebel leader and outlaw who resisted the Norman conquest of England. He was executed after his capture at the Battle of Sandwich the following year.Īfter his exile from Castile, Frederick served under his brother Henry as a knight errant in the service of Tunisian emir al-Mustansir.įrench mercenary employed by King John of England to control southern Wales.Ī son of Ferdinand III of Castile, Henry commanded Spanish knights in the service of Tunisian emir al-Mustansir. He supported the rebel faction during the First Barons' War and ferried Prince Louis across the English Channel in 1216. Viking mercenary who became the first-known West Norseman in the Varangian Guard.įrench mercenary and pirate who raided the Normandy coast on behalf of King John of England until his defection to France in 1212. Szumborski committed a number of atrocities during the conflict and was eventually poisoned. He was hired by the Teutonic Knights during the Battle of Chojnice and was later sent to relieve the besieged city three years later. Moravian knight and who led a mercenary army during the Thirteen Years' War. He was murdered by his own men while planning with Pope Urban V to lead a new Crusade to the Holy Land. Greek commander of mercenaries in the service of Cyrus the Younger.Īthenian-born general who served Sparta during the Peloponnesian War.įrench mercenary soldier and brigand of the Hundred Years' War. Credited for developing military tactics used by Carthage, he led Carthaginian soldiers into the battle of Tunis where the Roman expeditionary force was routed and the Roman consul Marcus Atilius Regulus was captured. Spartan mercenary general hired by the Carthaginians to aid in their war against the Romans during the First Punic War. Greek mercenary general from Achaea who traveled to Persia to fight at the Battle of Cunaxa. Spartan admiral hired to command the first fleet of Cyrus the Younger during his campaign to claim the Persian throne. Unlike his fellow mercenaries, he remained loyal to Carthage during the Mercenary War and helped Hamilcar Barca crush the rebel leaders.ĭeposed ruler of Phocis who formed a mercenary army and fought for Knossos in Crete.Ī friend of Cyrus the Younger and Xenophon, he was one of the four ill-fated generals who accompanied Clearchus of Sparta to Tissaphernes. He is also known as the first husband of Barsine, who later became mistress to Alexander the Great.īerber mercenary leader who served Carthage during the First Punic War. Greek mercenary who fought both for and against Artaxerxes III of Persia. He later led a revolt against Carthage during the Mercenary War but was defeated by Hamilcar Barca and crucified. In revenge for the support of certain Pharisees for Demetrius III of Syria's invasion of Judea, Diogenes advised Alexander to crucify 800 Pharisee scholars in front of their families.Ĭommander of the Greek mercenaries in the service of Darius III when Alexander the Great invaded Persia in 334 BC.īerber mercenary leader who fought for Carthage in Sicily during the First Punic War. Jewish soldier in the service of Alexander Jannaeus. Spartan general and mercenary leader who joined Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to seize the Persian throne from Artaxerxes III. Greek mercenary leader who served Athens, Thrace and Rhodes. He turned against Carthage in the Mercenary War and was crucified by Hamilcar Barca after his capture. Leader of the Gallic mercenaries in the Carthaginian army during the First Punic War. Foiled a plot by Gallic mercenaries to surrender Lilybaeum to the enemy. Greek mercenary from Achaea who served in the Carthaginian garrison at Lilybaeum while it was besieged by the Romans during the First Punic War.